| A | B |
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| The Pacific Railway Acts of 1862 and 1864 | Federal Laws which enabled the Trans-Continental Railroad to be built. |
| Central Pacific Railroad | This line started in California and was built eastward. |
| Union Pacific Railroad | This line started in Omaha and was built westward. |
| Promontory Point, Utah | Where the "golden spike" was driven in 1869 when the 2 rail lines met. |
| Gum Shan Hok | "Sons of the Golden Mountain" was what the Chinese immigrants called themselves. |
| Shanghaied | Kidnappinging Chinese workers and taking them to America to work on the railroads. |
| Chinese immigrants | Hired for dangerous work with explosives by the Central Pacific Railroad. |
| Irish immigrants | These workers were often "tarriers" who used heavy drills to blast large boulders into smaller rocks. They often worked on the Union Pacific Railroad. |
| Products which were shipped east over the Great Lakes | Iron, lumber and grain |
| Products what were shipped west over the Great Lakes | Coal, finished goods |
| The greatest change in America residence by 1900. | More people lived in urban areas than in rural areas. |
| The great change in American workers by 1900 | there were more salaried workers, and fewer self-employed. |
| Greatest change in American economy. | Changed from an agricultural (farm) to an industrial (business) society. |
| Big change in Congress | Senators and Congressmen voted to help Big business more and help farmers less. |
